Equity benchmarks as well as broader markets continued to fall in morning as fresh missile launch by North Korea weighed.

The 30-share BSE Sensex was down 45.66 points at 32196.27 and the 50-share NSE Nifty fell 24 points to 10,062.60.

The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices underperformed benchmarks, falling over half a percent on weak breadth. About two shares declined for every share rising on the BSE.

A sense of nervousness is existing in the Asian markets today after North Korea fired yet another missile over Japan.

Something like this should make global markets very concerned, Seth Freeman of EM Capital Management said in an interview to CNBC-TV18.